devoir

Meaning

Concepts

duty
must
obligation
owe
have to
responsibility
task
have
homework
should
business
job
work
ought
assignment

must '' ''

get
function
charge

ought '' ''

assigned job

take
ought to
service
consequence
give
conscription
commitment
feature
hold
experience

civic duty

bounden duty

arrear
exercise
enterprise
chore
lesson
labour
labor
effort
let
liability
make
moldiness
moment
blueprint
muster
mustiness
incumbency
Synonyms

obligation
C1
avoir
A1
être
A1
tâche
B2
prendre
A1
travail
A1
tenir
A2
responsabilité
B1
service
A1
falloir
B1
moût
A1
mission
A2
recevoir
B1
fonction
B2
office
C1
devenir
A2

avoir à

besogne
23k
devoirs
B2
obtenir
B1
rendre
A1
entreprise
B1
éprouver
C2
état
A1

être redevable

exercice
B2
exigence
28k
expérience
A2
faire
A1
heure
A1
honneur
A2
importation
29k
laisser
A1
mentionner
C1
mérite
B1
métier
B1
moment
A1
paraître
B2
permettre
B1
point
A1
politesse
C2
posséder
C1
pouvoir
A1

prep

préparation
C1
province
C1
recueillir
C2
remugle
répercussion
reposer
B1
Translations

deber
dovere
dever
müssen
Pflicht
deure
obligación
moeten
Aufgabe

tener que

obligació
واجب
görev
Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/də.vwaʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
debvoir
Inherited from Old French
deveir
Inherited from Latin
dēbeō
In summary

Inherited from Middle French debvoir, from Old French deveir, from Latin dēbēre (to owe; ought, must).

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